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- Eye, absent Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers…
- Wry neck Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In…
- Conn syndrome Overproduction of the hormone aldosterone (pronounced al-do-ster-one) by a tumor that contains tissue…
- Aden- See: Adeno-
- Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, antibiotic-resistant
- Orthoscopic Having correct vision or producing it. Orthoscopic, in other words, is free from optical distortion or…
- Tyrosinemia type II A metabolic genetic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme tyrosine transaminase. The disease is…
- Ductal carcinoma in situ See: DCIS
- Echocardiography, stress Stress: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound…
- XXY See: Klinefelter syndrome
- Rhinitis, allergic The medical term for hayfever. (Hay fever is a misnomer since hay is not a usual cause of this problem and…